| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fet·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f t  r |
| NOUN: | 1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet. 2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters
1. To put fetters on; shackle. 2. To restrict the freedom of. See synonyms at hamper1. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English feter, from Old English. See ped- in Appendix I.
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